There are gay and bisexual men in every sport that exists. The reason you don’t hear about them is because they are told if they come out their careers will be destroyed and they’ll be shunned from society. Not to mention they will receive threats from deranged homophobes for the rest of their lives. They cannot exist as their true selves publicly because it’s not safe for them to do so. Hate crimes still happen. It’s awful and it shouldn’t be that way.
When heated rivalry came out I remember Hudson and Connor talking about being contacted by a lot of closeted hockey players who didn’t feel safe coming out due to the fear of losing their careers but also because of society. There are plenty of closeted athletes out there and we’ll likely never know who they are.
🇯🇵 | Japanese football fans are right now a reason for outrage, especially among East Asians.
Following the latest win by Japan at the ongoing FIFA World Cup against Tunesia, Japanese fans inside the stadium but also in Tokyo have displayed the “Rising Sun” flag used by Imperial Japan.
For East Asians and Southeast Asians, the Japanese imperial flag symbolizes some of the most notorious crimes imaginable. Under the Rising Sun flag, Japanese forces occupied, colonized, plundered, and killed tens of millions of people.
While only some people raised the imperial flag at today’s celebrations, thousands of others were seen celebrating next to it seemingly unbothered at Shibuya Crossing in the Japanese capital.
Japan has been repeatedly criticized by victim nations of its imperial era for never having been actively cleansed of its fascist elements or having paid significant reparations.